Re: Re: Kori you were right, of course! : )

[Guest guest]

huh?? I missed this one! lol... I got a chance to spend the day with a

friend who nanny's for 4 kids that I haven't really got to spend time with

much recently. So we went and played and had dinner at their house. The

mom won 2 mil last November in this *big* poker

tournament... Seriously! Kids had a blast and I'm just wierded out that

people with that kind of money even exist, let alone 8 blocks from my

parents.

Now I have to go and read this post!

Kori

At 10:29 AM 2/18/2005, you wrote:

>Where is Kori anyway? She has been conspicuously absent the last day

>or so hasn't she...? I can't believe I didn't even get an " I told

>you so " , lol, after this lengthy post.

>

>allison

>

>

>

>

> >

> > Kori,

> > I just had to tell you how right you were about using the Markell's

> > properly! You are the queen of all things shoe/brace related, I

>will

> > bow to your instructions in the future!! : )

> > Sammy's daycare broke the strap on one of his AFO's yesterday so I

>had

> > to pull out the Markell's and I put them on our Dobb's brace. He

> > couldn't be happier in them -- I drilled holes in the heels and took

> > out that dumb plastizode and we are happy campers. And I don't know

> > if this is just a coincidence or what, but he has been stubbornly

> > refusing to roll from his tummy to his back in the brace but

>suddenly

> > this morning w/ the Markell's on instead of the AFO's he starts

> > rolling over like crazy! I really am wondering if it has something

>to

> > do with the not being able to move his ankles thing.

> > I just know I was not getting the heels down when he got his sores,

> > and I am glad Dr. Dobbs gave us the AFO's as another alternative,

>but

> > I'm starting to think that maybe we will stick w/ the Markell's

>now...

> > We'll have to see if the shoes bother him at all today. I think my

> > issues with the shoes both before and after the sores was that I was

> > having a hard time because of 1) tenderness after just getting out

>of

> > the cast, 2) just general baby foot floppiness, 3) plastizode was

> > doing more harm than good -- it was just in the way of getting the

> > heel down, not really helping cushion at all!, 4) my own

>stubbornness

> > at wanting to blame the shoes and not myself. I just felt so

> > prepared for the shoes after reading the tips sheet a million times

> > but then when he got the sores after 1 day in the shoes I just

>freaked

> > out (even though it was my own fault for not cutting out the

>heels)!

> > But now that I'm a cut out heel convert, and his foot has been out

>of

> > casts for a while and isn't so tiny and floppy I think the shoes may

> > be just fine!

> > Oh and I also should add that I think another drawback on the AFO's

>is

> > the strap breaking thing, this is our second one to break. Luckily

>I

> > work very close to the orthotics shop but this could definitely be

>an

> > issue for parents who have to travel at all to get their shoes and

>braces.

> >

> > Thanks for all your support and words of wisdom!

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

ahhhh... That's great! I would never say I told you so! But I did tell

you so lol... no seriously, I just theorized so hehe!

My wisdom came from being a bad mom too. And my daughter suffered for

it. I just don't want to hear about any more babies with sores. And if I

can help one person I've helped enough to make it all worth it. Have I

sent you a copy of the Word document? I can actually paste it into an

email and the pics will show up, but I think it'll be too large to send to

the CFPics list. If you want a copy let me know. It's not finished, far

from it but I have done some work on it and cleaned it up a bit in the past

few weeks.

Let us know what Dr. Dobbs says about this. This whole experience has been

quite educational to say the least!

Kori

At 10:29 AM 2/18/2005, you wrote:

>Where is Kori anyway? She has been conspicuously absent the last day

>or so hasn't she...? I can't believe I didn't even get an " I told

>you so " , lol, after this lengthy post.

>

>allison

>

>

>

>

> >

> > Kori,

> > I just had to tell you how right you were about using the Markell's

> > properly! You are the queen of all things shoe/brace related, I

>will

> > bow to your instructions in the future!! : )

> > Sammy's daycare broke the strap on one of his AFO's yesterday so I

>had

> > to pull out the Markell's and I put them on our Dobb's brace. He

> > couldn't be happier in them -- I drilled holes in the heels and took

> > out that dumb plastizode and we are happy campers. And I don't know

> > if this is just a coincidence or what, but he has been stubbornly

> > refusing to roll from his tummy to his back in the brace but

>suddenly

> > this morning w/ the Markell's on instead of the AFO's he starts

> > rolling over like crazy! I really am wondering if it has something

>to

> > do with the not being able to move his ankles thing.

> > I just know I was not getting the heels down when he got his sores,

> > and I am glad Dr. Dobbs gave us the AFO's as another alternative,

>but

> > I'm starting to think that maybe we will stick w/ the Markell's

>now...

> > We'll have to see if the shoes bother him at all today. I think my

> > issues with the shoes both before and after the sores was that I was

> > having a hard time because of 1) tenderness after just getting out

>of

> > the cast, 2) just general baby foot floppiness, 3) plastizode was

> > doing more harm than good -- it was just in the way of getting the

> > heel down, not really helping cushion at all!, 4) my own

>stubbornness

> > at wanting to blame the shoes and not myself. I just felt so

> > prepared for the shoes after reading the tips sheet a million times

> > but then when he got the sores after 1 day in the shoes I just

>freaked

> > out (even though it was my own fault for not cutting out the

>heels)!

> > But now that I'm a cut out heel convert, and his foot has been out

>of

> > casts for a while and isn't so tiny and floppy I think the shoes may

> > be just fine!

> > Oh and I also should add that I think another drawback on the AFO's

>is

> > the strap breaking thing, this is our second one to break. Luckily

>I

> > work very close to the orthotics shop but this could definitely be

>an

> > issue for parents who have to travel at all to get their shoes and

>braces.

> >

> > Thanks for all your support and words of wisdom!

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 12:28 PM 2/18/2005, you wrote:

>I would love to have the most recent copy of the tips in a word doc.

>You can send it to me at grindona@... . And my offer still

>stands if you need any help w/ making it a compressed pdf file when

>you are done.

thanks! I'll let you know.

>Oh, also I have been thinking from some of the recent posts, that we

>need a close-up picture of the bottom of the shoe with details on how

>to set up the angle. I can take some pictures, add some details and

>send them to you for the tips document and post them on CFpics as

>well. Unless you already have some good pics of this??

I actually do. I posted it on CFPics a few weeks ago, and then a couple of

weeks ago (before I got sick) I got out Darbi's old holed shoes and her 8 "

gold bar and took pictures of that one too. I will post them to the CFPics

list for everyone. I also put some into the document. I will send you a

copy here in a minute.

Kori

>I have also just emailed Dr. Dobbs about what we've been up to w/ the

>shoes as well as the comments I've received from the group on the AFO

>subject. I think he is usually in the OR on Fridays but I should

>hear back from him by monday I'm sure so I will let you know his

>responses.

>

>Thanks,

>

>

>

>

>

> > > >

> > > > Kori,

> > > > I just had to tell you how right you were about using the

>Markell's

> > > > properly! You are the queen of all things shoe/brace related, I

> > >will

> > > > bow to your instructions in the future!! : )

> > > > Sammy's daycare broke the strap on one of his AFO's yesterday

>so I

> > >had

> > > > to pull out the Markell's and I put them on our Dobb's brace.

>He

> > > > couldn't be happier in them -- I drilled holes in the heels and

>took

> > > > out that dumb plastizode and we are happy campers. And I don't

>know

> > > > if this is just a coincidence or what, but he has been

>stubbornly

> > > > refusing to roll from his tummy to his back in the brace but

> > >suddenly

> > > > this morning w/ the Markell's on instead of the AFO's he starts

> > > > rolling over like crazy! I really am wondering if it has

>something

> > >to

> > > > do with the not being able to move his ankles thing.

> > > > I just know I was not getting the heels down when he got his

>sores,

> > > > and I am glad Dr. Dobbs gave us the AFO's as another

>alternative,

> > >but

> > > > I'm starting to think that maybe we will stick w/ the Markell's

> > >now...

> > > > We'll have to see if the shoes bother him at all today. I

>think my

> > > > issues with the shoes both before and after the sores was that

>I was

> > > > having a hard time because of 1) tenderness after just getting

>out

> > >of

> > > > the cast, 2) just general baby foot floppiness, 3) plastizode

>was

> > > > doing more harm than good -- it was just in the way of getting

>the

> > > > heel down, not really helping cushion at all!, 4) my own

> > >stubbornness

> > > > at wanting to blame the shoes and not myself. I just felt so

> > > > prepared for the shoes after reading the tips sheet a million

>times

> > > > but then when he got the sores after 1 day in the shoes I just

> > >freaked

> > > > out (even though it was my own fault for not cutting out the

> > >heels)!

> > > > But now that I'm a cut out heel convert, and his foot has been

>out

> > >of

> > > > casts for a while and isn't so tiny and floppy I think the

>shoes may

> > > > be just fine!

> > > > Oh and I also should add that I think another drawback on the

>AFO's

> > >is

> > > > the strap breaking thing, this is our second one to break.

>Luckily

> > >I

> > > > work very close to the orthotics shop but this could definitely

>be

> > >an

> > > > issue for parents who have to travel at all to get their shoes

>and

> > >braces.

> > > >

> > > > Thanks for all your support and words of wisdom!

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >